5.1 Sound for XBox

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MediaB
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5.1 Sound for XBox

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Is it possible to have 5.1 sound for the Xbox?
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It seems that the XBOX 360 only supports 5.1 with avi and wmv files, not with mp4/mkv/mov
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Ok. Is it possible to transcode any format to avi/wmv so that 5.1 sound is possible? With only vob and iso I would already be very happy. There once was a Magma version of PMS v 1.20.404 that could do that. This was not further implemented in later PMS versions. Only this specific version could do it.
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I've found the code for the magma release now. There is a problem with using it though; it only works on Windows Vista onwards, which means Linux, OS X and Windows XP won't work.
I'll have a look at it and see if it's possible to write it a different way though :)
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Thanks. I'm running Win7 so that's fine for me. It would be good for the other platforms too.
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If possible , SubJunk, keep Windows 2K8 in mind too =)
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Will do :)
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Also,

Cant you just add this line in the CONF to make it 5.1? "n:6" means 5.1 right?

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Supported=f:avi		v:divx|mp4	a:ac3|mp3	n:6	m:video/avi
Supported=f:mp4|qt	v:h264|mp4	a:aac		n:2	m:video/mp4
Supported=f:wmv	v:wmv|vc1	a:wma		n:6	m:video/x-ms-wmv
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That should be possible if Xbox wasn't so weird :) Instead it needs the file to be transcoded into weird formats ;)
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